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TRIPLE THE SIZE OF YOUR FRUIT TREES ORCHARD HARVEST

Cost of two apple trees $50 Spray materials for several years $45
Labor for planting (one hour) $20 Sprayer $25
Labor for training in summer $20 Tri-pod ladder, 10’ $130
Pruning lopper $45 Pruning handsaw $30
Pruning hand shears $25 Total cost for the first year $ 390

Total cost for four years $945
Total cost (minus labor) for four years $485
If you look back now to see what it will cost to raise these apple trees you will have reached a total of $945. You may
say that the labor cost is unrealistic since you will be doing the work yourself, but your time is worth something. I used a
figure of $10/hr to put a value to it. If you took out all the labor charges for planting, training, pruning, spraying and
cleaning up it would reduce your costs by $460 but you would still need to spend $485 on equipment and spray
materials. If you were to tell me you would be raising your trees organically so you wouldn’t need so many spray
materials you would be wrong. The dormant sprays are all organically approved and the insecticide sprays would then
need to be shifted